Man arrested in connection with Waterloo bank robbery

Toronto Police have arrested a suspected bi-coastal bank robber.

And one of those robberies happened in Waterloo Region.  

Michael Karas, 61, of no fixed address, faces nine charges including three counts of robbery with a firearm and three counts of pointing a firearm.

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He was arrested on a Canada wide warrant by police in Winnipeg on Thursday.

Investigators say a man disguised himself as a construction worker and held up two branches in Toronto as well as one in Waterloo.

The one in Waterloo happened August 18th at a CIBC branch on King Street North.    

Police think the same person is responsible for a robbery at a bank in Vancouver in mid-June.
  
The suspect in that hold up also dressed up as a construction worker.

with files from Charlene Close